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Newest "Sneak Peek" Wedding Show Reveals Kooky Among the Classics
By Gerry Furth-Sides

Who wouldn't want a famous musician to create a love song the caliber of a classic to commemorate their wedding day? These days Felice Keller Productions makes it all possible by creating "magical moments through music" with the help of "her friends," today's most successful songwriters whose songs have been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Faith Hill and other musicians. (felicekeller.com)

Valley resident Felice is everything you would look for in a lady who listens to music requests and has them come true: warm, friendly and interested. She is well connected and her music has been played in venues all over the world.

Claudia Endler Designs are billed as "leading the charge against mundane jewelry" by the highly respected, Colored Stone Magazine. She is, in fact, their favorite designer Claudia passionately combines elements from graphic design and architecture and creates to match the distinct subtleties of an individual to the jewelry worn.

Claudia's pieces are not only artistic but can be provocative, with slender rectangles, bold circles and intricate matching sets of bands making the jewelry popular with men as well as women. Here one of her most intriguing necklaces is worn on the back. (Claudiaendler.com)

Updating a classic into a gourmet novelty is another valley-owned business, PlushPuffs, often seen at many local charity events. The all-natural gourmet marshmallow treats have been featured on Food Networks popular "Unwrapped" show. Available in a variety of different flavors, their standard "s'mores" with chocolate and graham crackers are speared on sticks and roasted over a mini-flame. They can be ordered in the favorite flavor of the bride or groom, or the parents who paid for the wedding, and have included in the past, Pumpkin Praline, Toasted Coconut and Chocolate Chipetta. (plushpuffs.com)

Another TV "celebrity" is outgoing, jovial Leigh Grode, owner of Cake Divas, who hosts "Ultimate Cake Off" on TLC. Off the air at Cake Divas, she designs colorful creations and builds monuments out of cake to create a "drool & awe" effect, including making a wedding cake out of cupcakes (cakedivas.com)

Designed to make the bride and bridal party as beautiful as a TV star, "Quinta-Peptide™ Youth Restoration Series of products and services offers a existing line of cleansers, moisturizers, creams, masques, scrubs, purifiers, enabling you to "Pursue The Skin You Dream Of." For extra-special skin on the special day, they also offer a line of well-tested and well-proven peels (pursueskincare.com)

For anyone in the wedding party who wants to look fresh, healthy and glowing inside and outside as well, there is the delicious, healthy "The Fresh Diet." Created by a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef, The Fresh Diet is an innovative system that matches dieticians and online planners with clients to create customized meals crafted not only to dieting needs, but taste buds. (thefreshdiet.com)

These days, even the perfect environment itself can be created. Upbeat, creative Rrivre Works Designs can create one as beautiful as a TV set because they have designed such sets! Décor designer / environment engineer extraordinaire, RrivreWorks boasts a 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse of event furniture, lighting, ironworks, and event fabrications. Known as the "Roy Disney of Events," Rrivre Davies clients include VIPS from film studios to major celebrities (rrivreworks.com)

Rounding out the kooky, if practical products, Fresh Throne air freshener traps bad smells, and neutralizes them to make oh, so fresh air. A pharmacist biologist helped develop the formula using plants and natural products to make a product of natural biodegradable plants and citrus extracts. This safety-tested product comes in a convenient travel size bottle. It is sold at Card Heaven in Studio City.

And finally for those who are guests that simply need an innovative gift, Smartbox is a customized gift concept wrapped up in a luxurious package that looks like a DVD holder. In each of these packages, Smartbox™ has selected unique activities, charming destinations and quality spas and institutes. (smartbox.com)

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